Journal of Behavioral Health and Psychology. 2013;
2(2):(63-344)
The impact of organized community capacity building on health risk practices in an African American community
Donna Antoine LaVigne, Clifton C Addison, Brenda W Campbell Jenkins, Cynthia A Smith, Darcel Thigpen, Alyce Stewart, Alice M Smith, Daniel Sarpong
Abstract
The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) Community Partnership Office (CPO) initiated the
Community Health Advisory Network (CHAN) that included members of the African
American community from within the JHS study area (Hinds, Madison, and Rankin Counties
located in the Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area.This study measured the impact of the
health promotion activities on the participants for the period 2004-2008. Analysis was
computed in 2010 using 40 Community Health Advisors (CHAs) who provided both pre and
post data to determine changes in health risk behaviors after their involvement in the health
promotion activities.
